i-Balita
i-Balita was the flagship news broadcast of Net 25 (DZEC-TV) in the Philippines, replacing Newsbeat on March 24, 2008. The show was premiered on August 13, 2007. It is currently anchored by Onin Miranda and Elaine Fuentes. It airs live via satellite through 30-minute newscast, aired at 7:00 AM Philippine time and a 60-minute newscast, aired at 5:30 PM Philippine time. On August 11, 2008, it produced spin-offs in English was premiered as i-News replacing World Report and the first in Philippine news program aired in HDTV format through their sister station GEM-TV 49 (DZCE-TV) using ISDB-T digital television standard.
| i-Balita | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Net 25 |
| Developed by | Net 25 |
| Presented by | Onin Miranda Elaine Fuentes Various contributors |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| No. of episodes | n/a (airs daily) |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Single-camera setup |
| Running time | 30 minutes for the morning 60 minutes for primetime and weekend |
| Release | |
| Original network | Net 25 |
| Picture format | 480i SDTV 1080i HDTV |
| Original release | August 13, 2007 – October 21, 2011 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Newsbeat (as late afternoon newscast) DZEC 1062 Balita Update (as morning and afternoon newscast) |
| Followed by | Mata ng Agila (as late afternoon newscast) Eagle News (as morning and weekend newscast) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
I-Balita was also the first to interview the three hostages of Abu Sayyaf for the first time since their capturing by the bandits (DZEC had also simulcasted this interview). It also covered the updates about Eraño G. Manalo's death and wake.
On January 17, 2011, there is also a news-related topic talk show airs after the last I-Balita at 5:30 PM. It is called I-Balita Online anchored by Arlyn Dela Cruz, it airs every 6:30 PM. Also, the program have launched on January 22, 2011 as a weekly news program that airs every Saturday. It is known as I-Balita Weekend Report anchored by DZXL anchor Ely Saludar, it focuses on news events happened in the last 5 days (Monday to Friday), and airs at 5:30 PM
As of May 2, 2011, Onin Miranda and Elaine Fuentes became the new anchors of I-Balita's primetime edition replacing Ivy Canlas and Gel Miranda. However, Ivy Canlas will still anchor the morning and noontime edition along with Mavic Trinidad, replacing Eunice Mariño.
The last episode was aired on October 21, 2011 to make way for Mata ng Agila.
Anchors
- Rossel Velasco-Taberna (2008)
- Ivy Canlas (2008-2011)
- Joy Maico (2008-2011)
- Eunice Mariño (2008-2011)
- Gel Miranda (2011)
- Mavic Trinidad (2011)
- Onin Miranda (2011)
- Elaine Fuentes (2011)
- Ely Saludar (2011)